Medicine: Fat & Unhappy

Never before had the fat men & women of the U.S. received so much
attention from doctors as they got last week at the annual meeting of
the American Medical Association in Chicago. And none of it was
flattering. Far from regarding the fatties as happy people, pleasant to
have around, the doctors branded them as public-health problem No. 1
and cracked down hard on them. Said Philadelphia's Dr. Edward L. Bortz:
"We're going to have to take off the kid gloves in dealing with people
who are wallowing in their own grease."